Wooden roofing



July 16, 1940- M. M. FERNANDEZ WOODEN ROOFING Filed May 22, 1939 ATTORNEY Patented July 16, 1940 STATES WOODEN ROOFING Manuel Marine Fernandez, Habana, Cuba Application May 22, 1939, Serial No. 275,040 in Cuba April 24,1939

2 Claims,

This invention relates to wooden roofing for covering buildings, and it has for its object the provision of a wooden roof construction made of tiles similar to the channel-and-ridge forming tile, with the difference that the wooden tile has its edges cut out in order that each tile mayform a coupling joint with each adjacent tile, and the roof is constructed by forming strips of tiles of the desired length and width similarly to corrugated metal sheets. This construction can advantageously be substituted for the known tarred board-roofings which are short-lasting and easily des royable by the action of rains and the sun,

whereas roofings constructed according to this invention, with tiles made of redwood, will last indefinitely as they are made of a long-life wood resisting corrosion, weather action and insect attacks, this roof being also absolutely'waterproof and easily assembled.

The invention is described with reference to the figures of the accompanying drawing, of which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a wooden roof-tile constructed according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is a partial perspective view of two laterally coupled roof-tiles.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of a sloping section of a roofing constructed with the wooden tiles of this invention. I

Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional view on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

The wooden roofing forming the object of this invention is made by coupling tiles each of which is made of a redwood blank of a width that may be varied according to the space between the laths of the roofing, the tiles being of the type known as continuous tile. Eachtile has its lower face I plain and its upper face shaped with a central channel 2 and one longitudinal edge of the tile is provided with an upwardly extending shoulder 3 of plain top and a recess 3' of plain bottom. The other longitudinal edge is so out as to form a superiorly curved ridge 4 and, inferiorly, a recess 5 of plain bottom to couple with the corresponding shoulder 3 of theadjacent tile and a shoulder 5' of plain base to couple with the corresponding recess of the adjacent tile, the ridge 4 being preferably of one-third the width of the wood-blank, as seen in Fig. 1. The coupling joint of the opposed edges of two adjacent tiles is secured by means of a suitable composition of mastic. The transverse end edges 6 and l of the tile are normal to the face I and plain. The shoulder 3 has at its end portions countersunk holes 8 for inserting 'therethrough a nail 9 whose head remains countersunk in the wood and whose point projects beneath the tile to secure the same to the supporting roof laths.

To construct a roof, the tiles are positioned in place and assembled by forming a strip of a plurality of laterally assembled tiles, as shown in Fig. 2, the tiles being positioned upon the laths l0 mounted on beams i l forming the slope of the roofing, and nails 9 are secured to the tiles and to the laths. The thickness of laths ill will gradually increase upwards, as indicated at Iii in Fig. 3, and each strip of laterally assembled tiles is superposed a distance ranging from 7.5 centimeters to 10 centimeters on the upper edge of the immediate lower strip, the hollows l2 which are thereby formed superiorly to the channels 2 of the lower strip beneath the superposed portion of the upper strip being filled with cement or mortar E3, the placing and holding of which is facilitated by means of a lath 14 positioned be hind the rear edge of each tile-strip and above the lath l0 supporting the same.

In this manner, a roof of single thickness is formed on the spaces between the laths Ill and of double thickness only at the superposed portions of each upper tile on each lower tile, the channels remaining continuous all along each slope of the roofing with sealed joints, the hollow spaces between the plain bases of the upper tiles and the channels of the lower tiles also remaining sealed, air being thus prevented from entering therethrough to damage the roofing.

Therefore, the resulting roofing will be a longlasting construction of light weight and strong enough to support the workmen repairing the same, and it will not be either softened by the action of the sun or rains to which it is absolutely impermeable, 01' attacked by insects in case the construction is made of redwood, owing to the great portion of tannin contained in such wood.

It is obvious that the nature of the wood, as well as the method of assembling the tiles with one another, may be varied without by this reason being considered as altering the essential character of the invention which is such as claimed hereinafter.

What I claim is:

1. A wooden roof which is composed of wooden tiles of the continuous type, each of which has its lower face plain and its upper face cut out to form a central channel and two upwardly projecting side edges one forming a shoulder of plain top and a recess of plain bottom and the other edge of the tile forming a ridge on its upper face and having its lower face cut out to form a recess of plain bottom to couple with the shoulder of the adjacent tile and a shoulder of plain base to couple with the recess of the adjacent tile, the upper shoulder of each tile being provided with holes at its end portions, supporting laths of gradually increased thickness upwards of the roof, and nails received in the holes of the covered upper shoulder at one side edge of each tile and secured to the supporting laths.

2. A wooden roof which is composed of wooden tiles of the continuous type, each of which has its lower face plain and its upper face cut out to form a central channel and two upwardly projecting side edges one forming a shoulder of ,plain top and a recess of plain bottom and the.

' at its end portions, supporting laths of gradually increased thickness upwards of the roof, and nails received in the holes of the covered upper shoulder at one side edge of each tile and secured to the supporting laths.

MANUEL MARINO FERNANDEZ. 

